The Heartbeat

This week's edition of The Heartbeat includes events in Victoria (rowing), Toronto/Etobicoke (taekwondo, swimming, beach volleyball), London (boccia) and Lake Louise (men's skiing).

Sports being televised include the ESPN films, bobsled, skeleton, figure skating, curling and London 2012 defining moments.

Events to meet athletes are being held in Toronto and Ancaster.

If you are participating in or know of an event that could be featured in The Heartbeat, please contact me:  suzanne[at]sportcafe[dot]ca or via Twitter @olympichearts.




National Rowing Championships
November 9-12, 2012
Elk Lake, Victoria, British Columbia
An elite regatta for singles and pairs designed to rank the top Canadian rowers.
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Click here for full list of competitors, including Olympians Carolyn Ganes, Rares Crisan, Steve van Knotsenburg and Will Dean.

Boccia Blast
November 9-11
South London Community Centre
London, Ontario
Competitors include 2012 Paralympic bronze medallists Josh Vander Vies and Marco Dispaltro
More info

Toronto Open Taekwondo Championships
November 10-11
Variety Village Athletic Centre
Toronto, Ontario
More info

Swimming Canada Cup
November 23-24, 2012
Etobicoke Olympium
Hosted by Etobicoke Swimming and Swimming Canada
More Info
Ticket Information
All Session Passes $20.00
Preliminaries only $ 5.00
Finals only $10.00

Alpine Canada
Men's Downhill and Men's Super-G
November 23-24, 2012
Lake Louise, Alberta
Admission is free.
More info

Beach Volleyball World Cup Trials
Semi-Finals Friday November 30th
Finals Saturday December 1st
Competitors including Maverick Hatch and Olympian Josh Binstock; Olympian Martin Reader and Sam Schachter; Matt Zbyszewski and Christian Redmann & Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton.
More info to follow

Olympic Sports On Television/Internet

2012 Summer Olympics: Defining Moments
Thursday November 8th 7-9pm TSN2

Figure Skating - Grand Prix Russia
CBC Sports Weekend Saturday 3pm and Sunday 2pm on CBC

Bobsled/Skeleton
Skeleton YouTube Channel and Bobsleigh YouTube Channel stream live competitions.
Past races are also available on demand.

Following television listings as shown on the Sportsnet website. Events may not be exactly as shown.

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: Men's Skeleton
Friday November 9th 3:30pm Sportsnet Ontario and SN East (5pm SN West, 6pm SN Pacific)

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: Women's Bobsled
Saturday November 10th 6:00pm Sportsnet ONE

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: Women's Skeleton
Saturday November 10th 7:00pm Sportsnet ONE

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: 2-Man Bobsled
Saturday November 10th 11:00pm Sportsnet ONE (and 12:00 midnight on Sportsnet One)

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: Men's Skeleton
Sunday November 11th 1:00pm Sportsnet ONE

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: 4-Man Bobsled
Sunday November 11th 2:00pm Sportsnet ONE (and 3pm on Sportsnet stations; 11pm on Sportsnet One)

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: 2-Man Bobsled
Friday November 16th 8:00pm Sportsnet ONE

FIBT World Cup Bobsled: Women's Bobsled
Friday November 16th 9:00pm Sportsnet ONE

ESPN films 9.79*
British documentary about the 1988 Olympics 100m race won by Canada's Ben Johnson and the controversy over drug testing.
Saturday November 10th 11:30pm TSN

ESPN Films: Right To Play
Although not a Canadian focused film, Right To Play is headquartered in Toronto and many Canadian Olympians are athlete ambassadors for Right To Play founded by Johann Olav Koss.
Monday November 12th 3:30pm TSN2

Grand Slam Curling
Thursday November 15th 12:00pm and 3:30pm (Sportsnet Ontario, East, West and Pacific)
Friday November 16th 3:30pm and 7:00pm (Sportsnet Ontario, East, West and Pacific)

2012 Summer Olympics
Canadian Medal Performances
Thursday November 15th 7:00pm TSN2

Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing schedule on CBC, click here for schedule.
Alpine skiing schedule on Sportsnet, click here for schedule.
Television coverage starts on CBC on November 24th and on Sportsnet on December 10th.

Meet Canada's Athletes

Olympic and Paralympic Swimming
The Big Splash
Monday, November 26, 2012
John Bassett Theatre
Toronto
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Olympic Bronze Medallist Melissa Tancredi
December 22 - hour long playing session with Melissa for boys and girls age 9-14
December 23 - speech by Melissa and autograph/photo session Ancaster, Ontario
More Info